Leonard Michaels & Christopher Ricks (eds.). The State of the Language [Published in Association with the English-Speaking Union, San Francisco Branch]. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: The University of California Press, 1980. xiv + 609 pp. $ 8.95 pb. $ 14.95 hb.

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Published online: 1 January 1982

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Leonard Michaels & Christopher Ricks (eds.). The State of the Language [Published in Association with the English-Speaking Union, San Francisco Branch]. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: The University of California Press, 1980. xiv + 609 pp. $ 8.95 pb. $ 14.95 hb.

Leonard Michaels & Christopher Ricks (eds.). The State of the Language [Published in Association with the English-Speaking Union, San Francisco Branch]. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: The University of California Press, 1980. xiv + 609 pp. $ 8.95 pb. $ 14.95 hb.